I'm in that same place where some of my videos from a year or two ago are the ones driving new subscribers and traffic and my newer videos don't really seem to be reaching the wider step of my audience or even newer people. I think I'm way overdue for a content change as well, time to try out new things to see what can best benefit my audience and spread my message!
For me it was the opposite, my channel got cursed since the start of 2017 until the end of 2019, 0% suggested and browse views and recently, since December of last year they started growing again apart from just search, so it's pretty random. :D
The biggest challenge for me is my niche. I started vlogging and I know the value I can give with is entertainment but then I realize I need to give value and have to stay on a topic.
My biggest challenge is also niche. I'm always not sure on what to focus on. And the videos that do well are the topics I'm not really interested in. The videos I like do very poorly. :-(
Fernandu Chimuco yea I can feel you. I wanna vlog my life and documenting me journey but Then I realize, I’m new to the platform so people are probably not gonna care at all. Maybe I can add value like entertainment
Thanks I needed this. I had a few videos that were growing the channel then they started declining as they got older and it’s difficult to restart the growth. Just stay with it guys!
Hey Tim. Just wanted to thank you as following your advice, my channel has been monetised in 6 months. I set the channel up 1 year ago but didn't begin taking it serious until last November when we decided to relocate to Thailand. I'll continue working with what you advise to hopefully keep the channel growing. Thanks again Tim. Take care and stay safe.
my take on this 1) RUclips is getting crowded and crowded 2)RUclips is no no part time thing for 99% of people and will be like this incase making money is the goal 3)May Creators are impatient and *think* when they will monetize youtube will be their 'employer'.. which is not the case. The impatience have big effect on channel content 4)RUclips needs money. and dont care about anyone who cant play a role in making money for them. 5) Soon it is possible that 4000 hour watch time and 1k subs requirement for monetization is even raised to 10k subs or 10000 watch hours lets say..
Thanks for this Tim. We are experiencing #1 hard right now. No one is looking for travel tips videos right now for obvious reasons. A few of those really drove growth over the years. Will check out your guide to get some inspiration.
This video is literally just wanted I needed to see today. My channel has stopped growing and i was researching videos today on how to help. Perfect timing
Hi Tim & team - this video is timely. And I agree. I'm working to find Smart Drive Test 2.0! I agree with Tim's question - how do you re-invent talking head videos to something else and still provide quality, educational videos? How do you do that? That is a tough question indeed. Perhaps taking those old videos and reshooting them, or working to tie the information into current events that are going on in the world?! Stay well, Cheers Rick
Hi! I came here because I found your book, 30 days to a better RUclips Channel and I'm absolutely loving it, it is so good, I was trying to find a book just like that. A book to help me have a strategy for my channel is easy to read and organized, it has tasks, resources, and teachings: which is just perfect to go step by step and improve my channel. thank you so much!!
Thank you so much! This channel has been so helpful for me! I’m a personal trainer who has had to stop working so have turned to RUclips. Because of these videos I’ve nearly made it to 50 subscribers since the lockdown started so thank you for the help
I'm not quite here in my youtube channel yet, but this video will help me be proactive so when I do get stuck in my growth, I'll know what to do 😊. Thanks, Tim! I just started my channel 2 months ago so my focus is just the initial growth (hit 100 subs this week, yay). Love your content ✌🏻🌿
man i wish i had i time where i grew. RUclips is making it so hard for small creator to emerge. I think it has to do with impressions, my video have 20% engagement rate but very few impressions. I even notice it in my feed. I never get an impression of a sub 100k video
That is true youtube don't work for small youtubers you making this video is even making me angry the more because this is clickbait i have been struggling for a long time and i put so much work in even after switching my genre so many times i am tired like lil baby said i am tired of being tired this kind of people are like scam to me just tell them the truth youtube don't work for everyone is like if everyone is rich who is then rich this is what youtube don't want to tell the people instead they keep bringing bullshit how to videos like Video Creators and DERRAL EVES Cathrin manning and more of them they are too many people on youtube and youtube can't handle that truth is bitter, not sweet
Im growing right now but it really didnt take off until I was around 350, but now it is growing faster. My older videos are taking off (I only started a few months ago). Even though I'm growing, I want to avoid having a dying channel before it happens
Tim how did you get the “join” channel to be visible on mobile. I’ve been trying to figure that out without telling people to go to the about section. I’ve been watching you since day one man and you helped me grow so much. Thank you
I have a question about my channel. There’s a lot of random stuff on my channel, I want to do gaming but people only really watch the videos I have where I clip stuff from other RUclipsrs. I also feel like the only subscribers I have are from the people that I told to subscribe when I sent them a link over multiple platforms. If mostly all my subscriber are people I told to subscribe and not because they wanted to is that going to permanently ruin my channel? I need to know if I should start over. Your the only one I know who might have the knowledgeable about this.
Almost every channel I follow stopped growing once the lock downs hit. Mine has just recently started back. I think everyone was just too interested in the news than in my case a weight loss channel. Things are chilling out now so growth has restarted. I have started to change some stuff up to make it more interesting.
I’d like to give a big shout-out here. All the tips this channel provided are practical and helpful! I implemented what I learn from this channel and grow my new RUclips channel. I’ve got over 11K views and 130 subs in less than 1 month. And it’s still growing gradually! Thanks for all the tips! One takeaway can make your life easier. Good luck to everyone. I hope everyone grows and does well in 2020. 💪😊👍
Would love to see your thoughts on dusting off old videos and making them better, and perhaps promoting them in your current videos, so people will go back and see them agian, or for the first time
I have an extremely small channel (1000 subs) and it stopped growing when RUclips introduced the rule for monetization that 1000 subs & 10k watch hours is the passed 12 months. I was monitored but lost it and I started seeing no more growth. It may only be a coincidence as RUclips claims that they don't prioritize videos based on monetization, but from my position I am skeptical. Probably doesn't help that as a small part time creator with a job and in college, that I can't produce enough videos to satisfy that frustrating algorithm.
Trying a new format on the videos I know get the views, and also starting a few new ideas. With me, inflatable costume reviews started to get my channel going, but since I can’t get a new item every other week I needed to start thinking of what else I can do to deliver.
Does anyone have an answer to this I uploaded a video on my channel which was ranked 4th when I posted the video but now after 2 days it's not even visible even though retention is 50.1% (video is 9:37 min long) and ctr is 10%+ but even then I ranked for more than 5 tags when uploaded and now I am not ranked for even a single tag and no new views are coming!!!
same thing is happening to me right now ! i am not getting even 30 views even after having 1.5k this is happening since 3 months, i don't know why people are subscribed yet if they don't want to see my video they better be leave
So I have a lot of old videos that have a lot of watch time on them but they are stuff like sound effects and “how to fix a Troy bilt blower” but that isn’t my channel type. That was back when I had 11 subscribers or something. Now I do pranks/challenges and stuff like that. Do you recommend I delete those old videos? I just don’t want it to effect my channel in a bad way. Those videos are getting thousands of views so I’m wondering if it’s damaging my channel because I have different audiences watching my videos. Thanks Tim!
Hello, I am currently trying to fix my gaming chanel to get more views and subs. Unfortunately I did not narrow my content down enough for youtube to realy reccomend my Videos to a lot of people. :/ SO my question to you is: Does it help to set some of my old videos to private, so that my content isn't so wide spread between genres or does it make no difference? I don't rely know if private videos are considered by RUclips when reccomending videos... Do you know what I should do?
In The Garden & The Blessings I was a limo driver for a company in Los Angeles a few yrs back and had the pleasure of being assigned an SUV to drive them back and forth from the studio. They were all super cool and fun:)
Your videos always help me...soooo... was wondering if you have a video OR would consider doing one on what to do when as a creator, you get BORED doing the same type of videos, even if they are getting views & subscribers. My channel is about TAROT card readings... & my best response & views come from "love" videos, so I keep doing them. But I am getting bored doing mainly those(they come out biweekly for each zodiac sign). I am a fairly new channel, so I need to keep trying to build up regular views, subscribers, & watch time...BUT am at a stalemate as a creator.😕 Any advice?? ( I know in time, after I have a decent amount of followers, supporters & regular views, I could then try to branch out.. but until then, looking for ways to mix it up a bit & stay inspired!!) Any advice is appreciated..thanks!!🙂✌
My take on this: TikTok is easier to grow, their algorithm is more helpful for creators, but for users they don't get relevant content and many times they have to go through cringe content. Basically TikTok is good for creator, hard for user. RUclips on the other side is more relevant, I spend hours and hours watching recommended videos, and mostly popular content, but hardly Ive notice I've gone through any small channel or less viewed channel. So the thing is, always take advantage on growing social media platform, Use the platform for wide reach like Facebook or tiktok. There are top youtube channels in India mostly got viral on other platforms such as Facebook and instagram at start, then they got even bigger, coz when they got million fans on insta, many of them subscribed to them on RUclips and they cut down the loophole of small channels. In short, Don't get frustrated if you're not getting views and you're sure about your content value, just switch platform.
Maybe people listen to your videos on how to grow but do not know how to implement the same and still see no growth in their own channel. That's when they will stop watching.. and everytime they see a video of yours they may be like.. that's never gonna work...
Well, I do my best to help point people in the right direction. For some people, that's all they need. Others might need a bit more hand-holding, but those types of videos don't really perform well because most people want the general idea and not all the nitty gritty details.
It's really not easy to make it in youtube. I have been here in youtube for almost a year now and still I have long way to go. Who is here making travel videos?
you guys rely on a catchy titles and keep forgetting what you love to film... Chasing only for results must be frustrating... I was around drone videos from day1 and even with poor traffic at the beginning I didn't stopped myself from filming what I like to film
It's so hard to evolve on RUclips. Your advice is always helpful Tim.
Thanks! Good to bump into you guys again. :) I know you guys have evolved a few times over the years. It's hard and scary!
@@VideoCreators I always say "all it takes is risking your income" 😂
I’ve been focusing more on search based content and it has worked well for me thus far, over 20k subs and my views continue to increase each month.
Congratulations Lester!
Great advice Lester!
My audience is getting bored with me?! How dare you, sir!!! lol
Although...you're probably right. lol 😂
This video is perfect timing my channel is going through a slump
Keep your head up.we will get through this.
@@Namtrendingvideos thanks bro I've been trying to ignore it and grind it out!
I'm in that same place where some of my videos from a year or two ago are the ones driving new subscribers and traffic and my newer videos don't really seem to be reaching the wider step of my audience or even newer people. I think I'm way overdue for a content change as well, time to try out new things to see what can best benefit my audience and spread my message!
Did you make more like the "hits?" you have authority in that sector so that;s something to look at.
Yes! Time for, "The Josh Speaks 2.0!" You've been at this longer than most creators. It's time. :)
For me it was the opposite, my channel got cursed since the start of 2017 until the end of 2019, 0% suggested and browse views and recently, since December of last year they started growing again apart from just search, so it's pretty random. :D
Some solid advice here! Keeping the content fresh is harder than it sounds!
Very hard!
The biggest challenge for me is my niche. I started vlogging and I know the value I can give with is entertainment but then I realize I need to give value and have to stay on a topic.
My biggest challenge is also niche. I'm always not sure on what to focus on. And the videos that do well are the topics I'm not really interested in. The videos I like do very poorly. :-(
Fernandu Chimuco yea I can feel you. I wanna vlog my life and documenting me journey but Then I realize, I’m new to the platform so people are probably not gonna care at all.
Maybe I can add value like entertainment
Thanks I needed this. I had a few videos that were growing the channel then they started declining as they got older and it’s difficult to restart the growth. Just stay with it guys!
Hey Tim. Just wanted to thank you as following your advice, my channel has been monetised in 6 months.
I set the channel up 1 year ago but didn't begin taking it serious until last November when we decided to relocate to Thailand.
I'll continue working with what you advise to hopefully keep the channel growing.
Thanks again Tim. Take care and stay safe.
ITS LIKE YOU KNEW WE WERE WONDERING!! 😩
ANDforever honestly!!!! this video helped so much😩
Good info!
Also, clever time to release this sort of video, with so many channels seeing a viewership decline right now!
I've fallen into this category unfortunately. But I'm looking to BOUNCE BACK!!!! Is it still possible to bounce back even though you waited too long?
This video was so spot on with were am at on my channel. Thank you Tim. I think i really need to experiment more
my take on this
1) RUclips is getting crowded and crowded
2)RUclips is no no part time thing for 99% of people and will be like this incase making money is the goal
3)May Creators are impatient and *think* when they will monetize youtube will be their 'employer'.. which is not the case. The impatience have big effect on channel content
4)RUclips needs money. and dont care about anyone who cant play a role in making money for them.
5) Soon it is possible that 4000 hour watch time and 1k subs requirement for monetization is even raised to 10k subs or 10000 watch hours lets say..
Hope tip 5. Doesn't happen in 2020. I'm so close to 4k. :-)
#4 says RUclips to a tee..most get SHADOW ban and dont know it also.
Thanks for this Tim. We are experiencing #1 hard right now. No one is looking for travel tips videos right now for obvious reasons. A few of those really drove growth over the years. Will check out your guide to get some inspiration.
This video is literally just wanted I needed to see today. My channel has stopped growing and i was researching videos today on how to help. Perfect timing
Glad it was helpful!
*Things happen but we as creators have to continue to grow and improve our content.* 😉
True Tom. We must grow and evolve with the times.
Hi Tim & team - this video is timely. And I agree. I'm working to find Smart Drive Test 2.0! I agree with Tim's question - how do you re-invent talking head videos to something else and still provide quality, educational videos? How do you do that? That is a tough question indeed. Perhaps taking those old videos and reshooting them, or working to tie the information into current events that are going on in the world?! Stay well, Cheers Rick
Hi! I came here because I found your book, 30 days to a better RUclips Channel and I'm absolutely loving it, it is so good, I was trying to find a book just like that. A book to help me have a strategy for my channel is easy to read and organized, it has tasks, resources, and teachings: which is just perfect to go step by step and improve my channel. thank you so much!!
Great video Tim, as always! Staying relevant to your audience and shaking it up are great strategies to keep growing🌟
I'm certainly not bored but I REALLY love Creator Stories. I certainly hope you continue with it!
Got another one coming soon. :)
Thank you so much! This channel has been so helpful for me! I’m a personal trainer who has had to stop working so have turned to RUclips. Because of these videos I’ve nearly made it to 50 subscribers since the lockdown started so thank you for the help
Love this video man🔥🔥 honestly so helpful to every single one of us out here struggling through this or even just getting started
Thanks for sharing this wonderful tips my friend 😁😁😁
I'm not quite here in my youtube channel yet, but this video will help me be proactive so when I do get stuck in my growth, I'll know what to do 😊. Thanks, Tim!
I just started my channel 2 months ago so my focus is just the initial growth (hit 100 subs this week, yay). Love your content ✌🏻🌿
Thanks for sharing. This video comes on the perfect time when I feel kinda disappointed with my channel growth. 😅
Never give up on your journey. It's all part of the process.
@@Namtrendingvideos thank you. 😭
You got this!
@@VideoCreators 💖
Very frustating. But I won't give up :)
Great tips!! Love the Vlog style too 🥰
man i wish i had i time where i grew. RUclips is making it so hard for small creator to emerge. I think it has to do with impressions, my video have 20% engagement rate but very few impressions.
I even notice it in my feed. I never get an impression of a sub 100k video
That is true youtube don't work for small youtubers you making this video is even making me angry the more because this is clickbait i have been struggling for a long time and i put so much work in even after switching my genre so many times i am tired like lil baby said i am tired of being tired this kind of people are like scam to me just tell them the truth youtube don't work for everyone is like if everyone is rich who is then rich this is what youtube don't want to tell the people instead they keep bringing bullshit how to videos like Video Creators and DERRAL EVES Cathrin manning and more of them they are too many people on youtube and youtube can't handle that truth is bitter, not sweet
I'm beginning to understand this process much better than before. Experimentation is helping me learn along the way. Thanks for telling it like it is.
Im growing right now but it really didnt take off until I was around 350, but now it is growing faster. My older videos are taking off (I only started a few months ago). Even though I'm growing, I want to avoid having a dying channel before it happens
Keep up the great work and the momentum. As long as your adding value to people's life's you will always have an audience.
According to RUclips I am the first viewer here. Good job RUclips. XD
Or, good job, History Boy!
Haha, thank you Video Creators! You have helped me out so much over the years!
Your advice is very helpful, thanks tim
Tim how did you get the “join” channel to be visible on mobile. I’ve been trying to figure that out without telling people to go to the about section. I’ve been watching you since day one man and you helped me grow so much. Thank you
I have a question about my channel. There’s a lot of random stuff on my channel, I want to do gaming but people only really watch the videos I have where I clip stuff from other RUclipsrs. I also feel like the only subscribers I have are from the people that I told to subscribe when I sent them a link over multiple platforms. If mostly all my subscriber are people I told to subscribe and not because they wanted to is that going to permanently ruin my channel? I need to know if I should start over. Your the only one I know who might have the knowledgeable about this.
realy hardwork hi agree with you
A good reminder for all!
cool deal Tim. i dont get bored of your practical advice
Thank you so much for the tips. More power to you Tim
Almost every channel I follow stopped growing once the lock downs hit. Mine has just recently started back. I think everyone was just too interested in the news than in my case a weight loss channel. Things are chilling out now so growth has restarted. I have started to change some stuff up to make it more interesting.
I’d like to give a big shout-out here. All the tips this channel provided are practical and helpful! I implemented what I learn from this channel and grow my new RUclips channel. I’ve got over 11K views and 130 subs in less than 1 month. And it’s still growing gradually! Thanks for all the tips! One takeaway can make your life easier. Good luck to everyone. I hope everyone grows and does well in 2020. 💪😊👍
Thanks TIM!
Would love to see your thoughts on dusting off old videos and making them better, and perhaps promoting them in your current videos, so people will go back and see them agian, or for the first time
If the older video relates well to the video they're watching, that can work well!
Another good video 🔥🔥🔥
Thanks
Awesome Video Creators
Hey Tim. I like your content. I'm little bit Suprise that this video has only 2k views? Any reason for that
It's up to almost 9k views now. You were here early. :)
I have an extremely small channel (1000 subs) and it stopped growing when RUclips introduced the rule for monetization that 1000 subs & 10k watch hours is the passed 12 months. I was monitored but lost it and I started seeing no more growth. It may only be a coincidence as RUclips claims that they don't prioritize videos based on monetization, but from my position I am skeptical. Probably doesn't help that as a small part time creator with a job and in college, that I can't produce enough videos to satisfy that frustrating algorithm.
Who dislikes this video didnt know how to grow... I love to watch this because of informative content.
Awesome video sir
Man I'm just trying to get some traction, animation takes a long time ya know?
Same. I don’t do animation but I do trick shots and their time consuming.
Trying a new format on the videos I know get the views, and also starting a few new ideas. With me, inflatable costume reviews started to get my channel going, but since I can’t get a new item every other week I needed to start thinking of what else I can do to deliver.
Keep going and never give up.
Really not satisfy with my current analysis....but i'm happy n still learning.Thanks
hell yea Tim! keep it u man
Does anyone have an answer to this I uploaded a video on my channel which was ranked 4th when I posted the video but now after 2 days it's not even visible even though retention is 50.1% (video is 9:37 min long) and ctr is 10%+ but even then I ranked for more than 5 tags when uploaded and now I am not ranked for even a single tag and no new views are coming!!!
same thing is happening to me right now ! i am not getting even 30 views even after having 1.5k this is happening since 3 months, i don't know why people are subscribed yet if they don't want to see my video they better be leave
Thanks! I love your tips. 👏🏻👍🏻
Is true!!
you gotta be unique that’s all i gotta say
Gotta bring value!
So I have a lot of old videos that have a lot of watch time on them but they are stuff like sound effects and “how to fix a Troy bilt blower” but that isn’t my channel type. That was back when I had 11 subscribers or something. Now I do pranks/challenges and stuff like that. Do you recommend I delete those old videos? I just don’t want it to effect my channel in a bad way. Those videos are getting thousands of views so I’m wondering if it’s damaging my channel because I have different audiences watching my videos. Thanks Tim!
Nah, you don't need to delete them. They're not hurting anything.
really enjoyed this good to keep it fresh
You look like michael wright from 00kidney 😂😂😂
Hello, I am currently trying to fix my gaming chanel to get more views and subs. Unfortunately I did not narrow my content down enough for youtube to realy reccomend my Videos to a lot of people. :/
SO my question to you is: Does it help to set some of my old videos to private, so that my content isn't so wide spread between genres or does it make no difference?
I don't rely know if private videos are considered by RUclips when reccomending videos... Do you know what I should do?
I love your videos, this one was good because I am at 50 subscribers and gained 18 in 14 days but then it sloped off
I found this helpful as my channel is growing very slowly
I really love Paramore they originated out near me.
YEP Rut or Scattered cannot figure it out.
YEP Tim I am in that spot thanks 6 steps sounds doable.
In The Garden & The Blessings I was a limo driver for a company in Los Angeles a few yrs back and had the pleasure of being assigned an SUV to drive them back and forth from the studio. They were all super cool and fun:)
Keep going !
Thanks for these videos Very Valuable 👍👍👍 Thumbs up if you agree
GOLD!
Seems like my views are seasonal, I do the best in the fall and worst in the summer
This is what I’ve been wondering😂
Me the guy who never took off.
Help me fellow RUclipsrs.
Its fine.
Leave me. Hehe
I’m growing but making NO money because my channel is for kids ... so sad and frustrating... not even worth it anymore.
Your videos always help me...soooo... was wondering if you have a video OR would consider doing one on what to do when as a creator, you get BORED doing the same type of videos, even if they are getting views & subscribers. My channel is about TAROT card readings... & my best response & views come from "love" videos, so I keep doing them. But I am getting bored doing mainly those(they come out biweekly for each zodiac sign). I am a fairly new channel, so I need to keep trying to build up regular views, subscribers, & watch time...BUT am at a stalemate as a creator.😕 Any advice?? ( I know in time, after I have a decent amount of followers, supporters & regular views, I could then try to branch out.. but until then, looking for ways to mix it up a bit & stay inspired!!) Any advice is appreciated..thanks!!🙂✌
thankyou tim
RUclips follows the audience and algorithm follows the audience
Algorithm: Are you following me?
Thank you cause I had like 18 views and now I have like 3 uhhhhhhhhgggg 😣 well Thank you so much for telling me this!
Yeah I’m due for a refresh
Meeeee, too!
My take on this:
TikTok is easier to grow, their algorithm is more helpful for creators, but for users they don't get relevant content and many times they have to go through cringe content. Basically TikTok is good for creator, hard for user.
RUclips on the other side is more relevant, I spend hours and hours watching recommended videos, and mostly popular content, but hardly Ive notice I've gone through any small channel or less viewed channel.
So the thing is, always take advantage on growing social media platform, Use the platform for wide reach like Facebook or tiktok. There are top youtube channels in India mostly got viral on other platforms such as Facebook and instagram at start, then they got even bigger, coz when they got million fans on insta, many of them subscribed to them on RUclips and they cut down the loophole of small channels. In short, Don't get frustrated if you're not getting views and you're sure about your content value, just switch platform.
Sounds like my channel!
I've been at it for 4 years consistently. 700+ videos. Patience...
This is awesome and will help me with my dj channel!
Great video though!
Super helpful, it's like a relationship...we gotta keep it fresh and sexy!
Maybe people listen to your videos on how to grow but do not know how to implement the same and still see no growth in their own channel. That's when they will stop watching.. and everytime they see a video of yours they may be like.. that's never gonna work...
Well, I do my best to help point people in the right direction. For some people, that's all they need. Others might need a bit more hand-holding, but those types of videos don't really perform well because most people want the general idea and not all the nitty gritty details.
Videos sometimes on youtube are boring, because the budget of youtube is cheap 😅😅😅👍🏻 fix it.
I thought it was because our friend was gay but this makes sense
♥
im still growing. but i need to grow faster!
Well I hope this video becomes relevant to me someday... 😔 Meaning actually grow then complain about not growing 😂
Any GROWTH would be a start lol
It's really not easy to make it in youtube. I have been here in youtube for almost a year now and still I have long way to go. Who is here making travel videos?
Small youtubers. Let's grow together
you guys rely on a catchy titles and keep forgetting what you love to film... Chasing only for results must be frustrating... I was around drone videos from day1 and even with poor traffic at the beginning I didn't stopped myself from filming what I like to film
It's so fustrating
So true. I can relate especially if you have been on RUclips for years
People don't grow Tom because they not hearing you out.
Grrr Coppa